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Stand Up Paddle => SUP General => Topic started by: TallDude on April 14, 2020, 10:14:57 AM
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It's resurfaced in the latest SUP Connect article....
DJ once again teaches us what not to do:)
https://www.supconnect.com/opinion/a-perfect-example-of-why-paddle-boarders-must-always-wear-a-leash
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Oh man...
It's good to see that again... even tho' it's like a bad dream.
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Maybe I’m imagining it, but didn’t DJ have another written version of this? Or maybe it was of another incident? If I remember correctly he lost his board and was clinging to buoy for quite a while until help arrived. Might have been somewhere around the San Francisco area? It was quite a harrowing experience (quite literally life and death) and made a very good and educational read.
Maybe someone with a better memory can fill in the blanks on this.
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Yes, I remember that story. It must have been back in '08 or '09, maybe '10. As you said, he swam to a buoy and had to flag down a boat. It was almost his undoing, because it was cold and late in the day. San Francisco does not ring a bell, I think it was in Oz. Too far from shore to swim... Very bad situation. I think his leash broke and he was solo that day. Windy, overcast and cold, full wetsuit.
I remember searching the zone for it when this one resurfaced years ago. The zone is an amazing repository for the old days. Everything is still here. Unless maybe a member gets banished I suppose...
DJ used to post a lot, is he doing ok? I've not been around much lately. He was a RN wasn't he? Melbourne I think... Real big Naish fan. I hope he's doing ok with this latest virus.
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DJ used to post a lot, is he doing ok? I've not been around much lately. He was a RN wasn't he? Melbourne I think... Real big Naish fan. I hope he's doing ok with this latest virus.
Hi LPB,
DJ is a winger and he looks like he is very healthy and still as stoked as ever.
https://www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php/topic,35900.0.html
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Maybe I’m imagining it, but didn’t DJ have another written version of this? Or maybe it was of another incident?
He had two episodes.
The way I remember I think the buoy one was first (just blown away reading that story.....wow, lucky dude) then there was one when he realized after just a little while out (with a friend just learning first dw??) he didn't have his leash on.....kept going.....everything was good till it wasn't.
Took a lot of balls and humility to come in and post about it after having been through the nightmare before, knowing better, and what can happen.
It's a good thing those stories still keep popping up.
when that paddle gets away......
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Great post thanks for sharing. Things could happen real quick for sure.
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DJ is a winger and he looks like he is very healthy and still as stoked as ever.
https://www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php/topic,35900.0.html
That POV camera work is great.
Also, funny how 5 years ago the goal was to catch those bumps... now... to fly over them...
The rest of DJ's no leash adventure:
https://www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php/topic,27287.msg284059.html#msg284059
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In the old days, I lost a couple of kiteboards when they began to windmill. (a leash was considered a high-powered rubberband) Try finding a small, dark-colored board in the ocean! At least I had a tow back to shore. That could get sketchy; most kiters I saw never wore any sort of PFD.
Jim